James Tillman
Highland,IN
Overview
27
27
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Accountant II
American Medical Association
Chicago, IL
08.2008 - Current
- Responsible for daily reconciliation of multiple general ledger accounts for student, federations and group practices
- Ensure that report totals are balanced prior to month-end close interface between AIMS system and Lawson
- Provide monthly aging receivable report for Treasury department
- Follow-up with groups whose invoices are between 31-90 days past due
- Update notes in Lawson system
- Provide commission accrual and incentive payment calculations each month for management as part of the month-end close
- Post commission/incentive and revenue recognition journal entries in Blackline on a monthly basis
- Liaison between membership accounting team and lockbox vendor pertaining to issues with daily files or payment discrepancies
- Provide assistance to accounts receivable department with membership payment application as needed
- Assist with resolving unapplied cash and/or credit balances on customer accounts
- Reconcile lockbox payments against daily report received from vendor and inform supervisor of any discrepancies
- Provide lockbox credit card payment audit report to management on a monthly basis
- Spot check 25-30 payments each month to ensure that vendor accurately processed selected credit card payments
- Research resolve and post lockbox exceptions and open/in error batches daily
- Follow up on correction of product codes, partial pay and overpay errors and other system\vendor errors
- Update GME info as necessary for posting residents & forwards and /or file lockbox correspondence to the appropriate departments
- Balance the Lockbox daily to ensure accuracy with EDS report totals
- Monitor membership proxy box for incoming membership files and route requests to appropriate department/personnel
- Review requests received from unified service center (USC) and process in a timely manner
- Post various USC batches, including cash receipts, refunds, transfers, product code change batches
- Load student membership files into the Masterfile (CAM)
- Post student roster and cash receipt batches received from MSSOP
- Generate turnaround reports (TARs) and give to team member to send out to the medical societies and group practices
- Perform Partial Payment functions of the membership accounting department
- This includes tracking written and verbal communications associated with membership payments received
- Reconcile the partial payment reports on a weekly basis and proper cut-off at month-end to ensure minimum risk of loss to the organization and verify correct product code usage
- Provide back-up coverage and support to Federation and Student outreach processing
- Also, handle special projects in an accurate and timely manner.
Accounts Receivable Specialist
Spherion/Hub International
Chicago, IL
05.2006 - 08.2008
- Download cash receipts info from Cash Pro Web for Michigan into the General and Premium excel spreadsheets
- Apply funds to correct clearing account(s) for specialists to process for Michigan and Illinois regions
- Reconcile daily balances between General, Life & Health, and Property Casualty general ledger accounts
- Assist with month-end G/L & spreadsheet reconciliation for Life & Health for Michigan & Illinois regions
- Issue return premium checks to clients upon management approval
- Bi-weekly reconciliation of company Illinois suspense and Michigan clearing accounts
Accounts Receivable Clerk
Brookdale Living Communities
Chicago, IL
04.2005 - 04.2006
- Coordinate the flow of resident information between properties and A/R Department including deposits, leases, resident financial information and lease termination
- Maintain resident information in Yardi Software
- Prepare monthly billing statements and charges that include rent, ancillary charges and payment activity
- Responsible for coordinating weekly/monthly Flash Report with Corporate Marketing Department
- Maintain A/R filing system by resident and property
- Administer procedures established for security, entrance or wait list deposits
- This involves reporting and paying interest income through the accounts payable system
- Enforce and explain accounts receivable policies and procedures
- Respond to all questions and requests for information in a timely and professional manner.
Accounting Assistant
Ryerson Tull Coil Processing
Chicago, IL
09.2000 - 03.2005
- Responsible for the provision of accounts receivable cash applications and wire transfer payment systems for major corporate clients such as Ford, Whirlpool, Maytag
- Daily customer payments range from $2-$9 million
- Accounts payable OSP invoice processing for all company locations and expense invoice processing for select locations (using Lawson Insight software)
- Average volume ranges between 500-600 invoices per week
- Resolved vendor inquiries regarding outstanding invoices
- Provided daily sales data for CFO and financial managers enabling comparison between actual versus projected figures for five inter-company locations
- Cross trained staff as needed on daily sales and weekly inventory reporting
- Recorded cash receipts using an Excel spreadsheet and provide daily and month end totals to Senior Accountant.
Office Support
Spherion Corporation, EPS Solutions
Chicago, IL
05.2000 - 09.2000
- Maintained customer contact information in company database
- Scheduled travel arrangements, reservations, meetings for management personnel.
Office Clerk
Office Team, Verson Corporation
Homewood, IL
03.1998 - 01.2000
- Confirmed and entered steel orders for purchasing department
- Ensured all plant workers had the necessary updated production blueprints
- Created and maintained inventory records in Excel spreadsheet.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
DeVry University
Online02.2005
Microsoft Office Software -
2000
Associate of Applied Science - Accounting
Commonwealth Business College
Associate of Applied Science - Information Technology for Business
Commonwealth Business College
Courses Completed -- Computer Literacy & Applications, Computer Logic (designing flowcharts), Programming in BASIC, Programming in RPG (intro), Windows ’95/98, Programming in COBOL (intro & advanced), Data Networking - Computer Information Systems
South Suburban College
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration, Business Information Systems
DeVry University
Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint) -
Skills
- CERTIFICATION/ADDITIONAL SKILLS:
- Microsoft Office Specialist Certification for Excel (Windows XP)
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
- Proficient in AS/400 & Windows Operating System
- Familiar with using Email, and Internet
Timeline
Staff Accountant II
American Medical Association
08.2008 - Current
Accounts Receivable Specialist
Spherion/Hub International
05.2006 - 08.2008
Accounts Receivable Clerk
Brookdale Living Communities
04.2005 - 04.2006
Accounting Assistant
Ryerson Tull Coil Processing
09.2000 - 03.2005
Office Support
Spherion Corporation, EPS Solutions
05.2000 - 09.2000
Office Clerk
Office Team, Verson Corporation
03.1998 - 01.2000
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
DeVry University
Microsoft Office Software -
Associate of Applied Science - Accounting
Commonwealth Business College
Associate of Applied Science - Information Technology for Business
Commonwealth Business College
Courses Completed -- Computer Literacy & Applications, Computer Logic (designing flowcharts), Programming in BASIC, Programming in RPG (intro), Windows ’95/98, Programming in COBOL (intro & advanced), Data Networking - Computer Information Systems
South Suburban College
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration, Business Information Systems
DeVry University